Here at South Essex we want to start celebrating the people that make the South Essex Reserves such a special place ranging from the staff and volunteers who go out every week to improve the habitat on Bowers Marsh to our brilliant Welcome Hosts found...

Essex is home to some fantastic wildlife spectacles and none more impressive than the migration of the brent geese.
They arrive from their breeding ground in northern Russia and Siberia to feed on the eel grass found along the coastline and recently...

No animal I have ever known of is as rotund, plump, and squidgy looking, as our water vole. They have deep brown eyes, set in rich chestnut fur, with a gentle creamy eye ring, which can make them look almost spectacled. And no animal species has ever...

We are coming round for another Canvey Island Wildlife day, this year on the 27 May.
Means its time for another Essex Wildlife competition, run by RSPB and Canvey Town Council and completely free to enter!
Have you got what it takes to show...

With the breeding season well underway the birds a starting to quieten down a little bit, but good performances still being put on at all of the reserves. At Bowers Marsh corn buntings are in full voice and the skylarks are still flying high. Other visitors...